It is a risk to share your life with others; you might be criticized. I appreciate this priest’s service. He prays with a community and is present to those in need [hospital visit]. It’s good that he celebrates with others [friend’s birthday dinner]. However, I had hoped for a more countercultural presentation of priestly life, rooted in Gospel life. Not only was he playing on a PS3, but he was playing “Modern Warfare 2″! This is not the image of a priest that I want promoted in the church: he is gunning down “enemies” with an assault weapon. War is not entertainment. It is something to mourn, and to forcefully reject. [See the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, 496-7] That being said, I’m grateful that Fr. Gjengdahl opened himself up in this way.